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CERTIFIED EHR SPECIALIST STUDY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Most medical errors occur... - ANS Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt requests,
unreadable information & mislabeled lab specimens
Year HIPAA act started - ANS 1996
President who recommended HIT in 2004 - ANS George Bush
the goal for all Americans to be using EHR was to take place in how many years? - ANS 10
years
ONCHIT - ANS Office of National Coordination for Health Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was established - ANS To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
HITSP - ANS identified standards for the electronic exchange of health information
CCHIT - ANS developed certification criteria for EHR software
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The institute of medicine suggests 8 core functions: - ANS Health information, results
management, order management, decision support, electronic communications, patient
support, administrative processes & reporting & population management
EMR - ANS Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Medical Records? - ANS Computerized records of one physician's
encounter with a patient over time.
EHR - ANS Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Health Records? - ANS Reflects data from all sources that have treated
the individual.
PHR - ANS Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Records belong to? - ANS Maintained and owned by the patient.
Acute care - ANS hospital
Ambulatory care - ANS without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR - ANS safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
total conversion - ANS allows patient data to be converted at once while still servicing
patients
incremental conversion - ANS gradual change to electronic records.
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advantage of incremental conversion - ANS lower costs & smoother transition
hybrid conversion - ANS combination of paper & electronic forms of data
clinical vocabularies - ANS set of common definitions for medical terms
SNOMED-CT is for: - ANS clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms used in
medicine and lab result contents
LOINC - ANS terms & codes used for electronic exchange of lab results & clinical observations
UMLS - ANS thesaurus database of medical terms
ICD-9 diagnosis usage - ANS 13,000, 3-5 alphanumeric codes for inpatient & outpatient care
ICD-9 procedure usage - ANS 4,000, 3-4 numeric codes for inpatient care
ICD-10-CM diagnosis usage - ANS 120,000, 3-7 alphanumeric codes for inpatient &
outpatient care
ICD-10-PCS procedure usage - ANS 200,000, 7 alphanumeric codes for inpatient care
CPT - ANS Current Procedural Terminology
What is Current Procedural Terminology? - ANS coding procedural terminology developed
and maintained by the AMA
Evaluation & management code range - ANS 99201-99499
CERTIFIED EHR SPECIALIST STUDY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Most medical errors occur... - ANS Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt requests,
unreadable information & mislabeled lab specimens
Year HIPAA act started - ANS 1996
President who recommended HIT in 2004 - ANS George Bush
the goal for all Americans to be using EHR was to take place in how many years? - ANS 10
years
ONCHIT - ANS Office of National Coordination for Health Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was established - ANS To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
HITSP - ANS identified standards for the electronic exchange of health information
CCHIT - ANS developed certification criteria for EHR software
, ©THESTAR 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The institute of medicine suggests 8 core functions: - ANS Health information, results
management, order management, decision support, electronic communications, patient
support, administrative processes & reporting & population management
EMR - ANS Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Medical Records? - ANS Computerized records of one physician's
encounter with a patient over time.
EHR - ANS Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Health Records? - ANS Reflects data from all sources that have treated
the individual.
PHR - ANS Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Records belong to? - ANS Maintained and owned by the patient.
Acute care - ANS hospital
Ambulatory care - ANS without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR - ANS safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
total conversion - ANS allows patient data to be converted at once while still servicing
patients
incremental conversion - ANS gradual change to electronic records.
, ©THESTAR 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
advantage of incremental conversion - ANS lower costs & smoother transition
hybrid conversion - ANS combination of paper & electronic forms of data
clinical vocabularies - ANS set of common definitions for medical terms
SNOMED-CT is for: - ANS clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms used in
medicine and lab result contents
LOINC - ANS terms & codes used for electronic exchange of lab results & clinical observations
UMLS - ANS thesaurus database of medical terms
ICD-9 diagnosis usage - ANS 13,000, 3-5 alphanumeric codes for inpatient & outpatient care
ICD-9 procedure usage - ANS 4,000, 3-4 numeric codes for inpatient care
ICD-10-CM diagnosis usage - ANS 120,000, 3-7 alphanumeric codes for inpatient &
outpatient care
ICD-10-PCS procedure usage - ANS 200,000, 7 alphanumeric codes for inpatient care
CPT - ANS Current Procedural Terminology
What is Current Procedural Terminology? - ANS coding procedural terminology developed
and maintained by the AMA
Evaluation & management code range - ANS 99201-99499
